A gang of armed robbers looted cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees from the home of Virendra Singh, resident of Dadowala under Patelnagar police station after holding the family members hostage on Diwali night.
Patelnagar Police station in-charge MP Singh said believing that Goddess lakshmi will enter his home on the occasion of
Diwali, Singh had kept his main door open. A gang of seven armed robbers entered his home at around 12.30 am and Singh along with two other family members including wife and daughter was forcibly confined in a bathroom while the robbers decamped with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees.
After two hours of hard work, Singh managed to break the bathroom door and informedthe police at around 2.20 am. Police reached the incident site.
The police said that members of the Kachchha Baniyan gang may have been involved in this crime as the victims said that some of the robbers were wearing shorts and carrying bamboo sticks.
Patelnagar CO Swatantra Kumar said that taking cognisance of this incident, three police teams have been formed and deployed at various places including Saharanpur, Haridwar and other places to nab the criminals. Kumar has ruled out involvement of
Kachcha Baniyan gang in the robbery.